| Resolution Number: | 2000-A053 |
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| Title: | Adopt Migration Ministries Mission Statement |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention of the Episcopal Church adopt the statement "The Episcopal Church in Service to Refugees and Immigrants" as the mission statement of the Episcopal Church on behalf of refugees and immigrants.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 538. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Executive Council: International and National Concerns Committee |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on World Mission |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A053)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 73rd General Convention of the Episcopal Church adopt the statement "The Episcopal Church in Service to Refugees and Immigrants" as a mission statement of the Episcopal Church on behalf of refugees and immigrants.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 73rd General Convention of the Episcopal Church adopt the statement "The Episcopal Church in Service to Refugees and Immigrants" as the a mission statement of the Episcopal Church on behalf of refugees and immigrants.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #88)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on World Mission presented its Report #6 on HB Message #88 on Resolution A053 (Migration Ministries Mission Statement) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #135)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 11.
| Report Reference: | Executive Council: International and National Concerns Committee, Reports to the 73rd General Convention, 2000, pp. 119-182. |
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| Abstract: | The 73rd General Convention adopts the Migration Ministries mission statement, "The Episcopal Church in Service to Refugees and Immigrants." |